[HN Gopher] Water Temperatures Hit 'Hot Tub' Levels in the Flori...
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       Water Temperatures Hit 'Hot Tub' Levels in the Florida Keys
        
       Author : cratermoon
       Score  : 45 points
       Date   : 2023-07-29 21:13 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.smithsonianmag.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.smithsonianmag.com)
        
       | jmclnx wrote:
       | I wonder how the Manatees are handling this heat ? I have not
       | heard anything about them.
        
         | bombas wrote:
         | Apparently not very good https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-
         | news/manatee-dies-injuries-s...
        
           | WithinReason wrote:
           | I don't think that's the kind of heat GP meant
        
             | ineedasername wrote:
             | >"They're not too meticulous about who their partners are.
             | They just have this kind of a sexual urge, and then they'll
             | engage in activity with whomever seems to be in the area,
             | and if that's a female, great," Gjeltema said.
             | 
             | >"But if there are not enough females around or there are
             | only males around, they may express that sexual behavior on
             | whatever individual may be in the vicinity," she said.
             | 
             | This is not even particularly unique to manatees. It would
             | be good if information like this was more widely circulated
             | in basic biology classes to dismiss certain notions about
             | what constitutes "natural" sexual behaviors and
             | preferences.
        
         | wfhBrian wrote:
         | Many already died because the sea grass has been rapidly
         | disappeareding, especially after the last red tide.
        
       | claytongulick wrote:
       | More context [1]. This was measured in very shallow water with
       | poor circulation and heavy dark algae (which heats water) and is
       | also similar or less than readings in 2017 and 2009.
       | 
       | [1] https://www.news4jax.com/weather/2023/07/26/are-water-
       | temps-...
        
         | adrienthebo wrote:
         | > . . .But it was still hot
         | 
         | > Even if the 101.1deg water temp isn't verified, it was
         | exceptionally hot in the Florida Keys, and it remains that way.
         | 
         | > Water temperatures at other buoys, and remote sensing using
         | satellites, have recorded water temps in the mid to even upper
         | 90s around the Florida Keys.
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         | > This has resulted in brutal heat for the land areas.
         | 
         | It may be that the Manatee bay sensors are in a uniquely hot
         | location but the temperatures there will be negatively
         | impacting wildlife; outside that location water temperatures
         | seem pretty darn elevated.
        
       | ChrisArchitect wrote:
       | [dupe]
       | 
       | More discussion from days ago:
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       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36877928
       | 
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36855773
       | 
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36869296
        
       | youarelabor wrote:
       | global warming wants people back in the office, never mind the
       | cost to the climate
        
         | galoisscobi wrote:
         | How else would these companies that are pushing boundaries in
         | sustainability innovate? Look, there's no charger in the phone
         | box to save the environment! /s
        
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